完形填空。 A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little 'gift' in its mouth-a dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to 1 it as the bunny (小兔子) that 2 Mary, the young daughter of the family next door. My friend felt 3 , believing his cat had killed Mary's bunny. My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan. 4 from the cat's mouth the dead animal, which by now was a 5 mess, he put it in the kitchen sink. With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to 6 the dead bunny as best he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blow-dried the bunny 7 it looked pretty good. Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it 8 in the cage. He managed to make the bunny look very 9 there in his little box. The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people 10 around the rabbit hutch (笼). Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing. My friend 11 to go over and act like any normal 12 neighbor and find out what was going on. When he got there, Mary's mother said to my friend, 'You won't believe this! It's a(n) 13 thing! Mary's bunny 14 a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there…' Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters 15 . When we get caught doing something 16 , for example, we may 17 to cover it up with a lie. But just like Mary's bunny, the result is 18 what we expected. We 19 looking foolish. We would have been better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the 20 . What do you think of it? (     )1. A. treat (     )2. A. looked for (     )3. A. pleased (     )4. A. Looking (     )5. A. dirty (     )6. A. dress up (     )7. A. whenever (     )8. A. carefully (     )9. A. serious (     )10. A. cheered (     )11. A. wished (     )12. A. anxious (     )13. A. strange (     )14. A. passed away (     )15. A. more (     )16. A. exciting (     )17. A. refuse (     )18. A. often (     )19. A. get down (     )20. A. consequences B. catch B. got along B. terrible B. Removing B. lovely B. bring up B. though B. strangely B. accurate B. gathered B. decided B. discouraged B. difficult B. ran away B. worse B. perfect B. attempt B. just B. end up B. opportunities C. appreciate C. belonged to C. confused C. Preventing C. gifted C. clean up C. before C. especially C. balanced C. ran C. hesitated C. wise C. committed C. set out C. better C. strange C. promise C. always C. go through C. expectations D. recognize D. resulted from D. excited D. Hearing D. strange D. make up D. until D. wonderfully D. natural D. looked D. meant D. curious D. annoying D. went up D. faster D. wrong D. pretend D. never D. set out D. choices